Video and resolution shown by the monitor. Do NOT use this tag for GNU SCREEN.
The screen is use to mention the video shown by the monitor, including resolution sizes.
Do not use this tag for the GNU terminal multiplexer, use gnu-screen.
Questions tagged [screen]
1913 questions
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Desktop larger than the screen
The cat laid on the keyboard and when I got him off, the desktop was zoomed in so that to see all of it my mouse cursor automatically scrolls. What keys did he hit?
That was on Ubuntu 20.04 (Focal Fossa) using GNOME.
Peter Young
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Screen Flickering in Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS
SETUP
Processor - Intel® Core™ i3-3220 CPU @ 3.30GHz × 4
Graphics - Intel® Ivybridge Desktop
Problem
I updated to Ubuntu 18.04, and I'm facing tremendous screen flickering/shaking/distorting at random times for random duration.
The display is…
Aniket Rai
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Screen flickering in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
for those of you who can help me..I recently installed ubuntu 12.04 lts and i got this screen flickering at the log on screen...i googled this problem and i found out that laptops with nvidia graphics have it...but i have intel hd graphics in…
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Mirror laptop to TV on Ubuntu 20.04
Is there any software available which casts laptop screen to a smart TV over Wifi? I can do so without issues on Windows using the inbuilt feature.
Ayush Goel
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Partially blurred screen
I'm using Ubuntu 12.04 and my screen is sometimes blurred as on the picture.
It sometimes disappears after restart and sometimes it appears again.
Do you know what is the cause of this problem and how to fix it?
One picture again (the pattern…
xralf
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Ubuntu uses only the top left quarter of the screen
I'm using Ubuntu 16 live on two PCs and both show an image only on the upper left quarter of the screen. How can I resize it since I cannot go to settings the normal way?
chailifoo
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New 16.04 install, screen goes blank at random
I've installed Ubuntu 16.04 alongside no other OS. After I login, my display will go black and the system will not respond to any input. It will happen at random times, never in the same fashion twice. Sometimes when this happens my monitor will…
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What shifts my entire screen when i log in?
I was trying out compizconfig settings manager and after a while I noticed that my screen is shifted about 5 pixels to the top left direction. So at the right and bottom i have a 5 pixel wide black area. I guess some compizconfig feature messed it…
Jani Kovacs
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Installed Ubuntu into an old notebook, unreadable screen artifacts
I installed Ubuntu on this old netbook, during the installation the screen worked properly, when I booted in after installation, this happened.
Is there a way to fix it? As you can see, the cursor can go into the bit(?) side of the screen, I didn't…
Gabriele Sortino
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How to go back to the last screen after accidently click “Ctrl+A, c” when using Screen on Ubuntu
This happens to me all the time. What I actually want to do is "Ctrl+A, Shift+|". But instead, I accidently hit "Ctrl+A, Shift+C". And it brings me to a new instance of screen.
But there are some output on my last screen which I would like to…
CodingFanSteve
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How do I stop a flickering screen?
I downloaded Ubuntu 16.04 yesterday and I love it...unfortunately the screen flickers when I open anything or even move the mouse at times. Is this a problem with my computer or Ubuntu?
David Berna
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How can quit screen without confirmation?
When creating a shortcut in my .screenrc defined by
bindkey "^y" quit
I recieve the message
Really quit and kill all your windows [y/n]
How can I quit screen with my shortcut without this confirmation?
user123456
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Flashing Screen
I have just installed 12.10.
Problem is the screen keeps flashing. Maybe something to do with the video card? Very annoying as I can hardly see what I am typing here! Any ideas as to what I must do to correct this?
Carter Langley
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Flickering line after updating ubuntu 11.10
I just bought a new Dell Vostro 2520 pre-installed with Ubuntu 11.10.
All was fine until I updated the OS. Since then, I have this flickering line at the top of my screen and it won't go after rebooting or changing the screen resolution.
It gets…
user94178
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why does my ubuntu screen sometimes tile up when i run a program
This is a pic of the issue. Sometimes when I run a program usually my screen tiles up and as time goes on it will get worse to the point where I cannot see whats being displayed on my screen.
It has been going on every time I open up a new window.…
ubuntuN00b
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